Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 303

There's an old saying:

When life closes a door on you, it always opens a window.

Watching Miranda grin and giggle in front of her, Mila couldn't help but think— maybe, in her case, all the doors had been bolted shut. But fate hadn't given up on her; it had offered her a window instead.

A huge window, so big it stretched across the entire wall.

Sunlight spilled in, unimpeded.

And just like that, Mila found herself smiling like a fool as well.

To pay off her debts-and maybe save up a little extra-Mila threw herself into the simplest work she could find. Tutoring was out of the question, and most of her options had dried up, so she settled for a job at a bustling bubble tea shop in a lively part of town.

It wasn't glamorous, but it was honest work.

She was pretty, with a gentle voice and easy manners, and customers flocked to the shop, most of them more interested in chatting with her or admiring her face than the drinks themselves. The bolder ones would even ask for her number. Mila always turned them down, but that didn't seem to stop them from trying.

She didn't mind, though.

As long as business was good, the boss was happy-and he'd even slip her a bit of extra cash as a bonus.

before

little awkward, but there was an unmistakable coolness about him-aloof, distant, and impossible to approach. When he walked into the shop, the whole

but Leonard always seemed to follow Lysander's lead. Wherever Lysander went, Leonard was never far behind, lurking

the moment she saw him, half-afraid Lysander had sent him

wasn't here to cause a

of relief, the boy's icy voice rang

menu had over thirty varieties-twenty cups of each was more than six hundred drinks.

the moon. He immediately told the staff to get

head and pointed at Mila. "I

he was here to make her suffer,

nothing she could do her boss was too busy counting his future profits to care about

with him. Instead, he asked the boss for a marker and a piece of cardboard, scrawled out "Free

minutes, the drinks had disappeared in

she watched Leonard walk away. A wave of helpless frustration

boss handed her an extra bonus and told her to

bank account and saw the balance had grown, she forced herself to accept it. If this was what it took to earn a little more, so be it-she could handle six hundred cups if she had

let up. He was determined to make her life

came by

hundred cups became eight hundred. Then more than a thousand. Eventually, Mila broke down in tears behind the counter, overwhelmed by the endless

shaking, she wrapped up